Ryan Blaney started on the pole for Saturday evening’s NASCAR 2025 regular season finale at Daytona International Speedway. Blaney kept his fast No. 12 Team Penske Ford Mustang out front most of the first stage, dodging massive 11-car wreck on Lap 28 triggered by Bubba Wallace.
Among those collected and eliminated in the huge melee on the Daytona tri-oval were NASCAR Playoff hopeful Alex Bowman, Kyle Busch, Austin Cindric, Wallace and Riley Herbst. After a lengthy red flag for track clean-up, Kyle Larson took the stage win getting around Blaney on the final lap of the stage.
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